RIP Andrew Weatherall
Photo Courtesy Graeme Robertson/The Guardian We are saddened to hear about the death of DJ/ producer/ musician Andrew Weatherall at age 56. His production of Primal Scream’s Screamedelica, especially the […]
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Rest In Power Charles Bradley
Music, to us, is the great equalizer. Having a bad day, turn to music. Need a pick me up, turn to music. Tired of politics, turn to music. Tune out […]
Rest In Peace David Mancuso
As a DJ, there are elders that you look up to an have an influence on you. Early on, it was Grandmixer DST, Flash, and Herc who I was enamored […]
RIP Rudy Van Gelder
Photo Courtesy John Munson/ Star Ledger Truth be told, it was engineer Rudy Van Gelder who got me hooked on jazz. I had no idea of that when I started […]
What’s A World Without Prince?
There are still a lot of questions surrounding the death of Prince, and these questions are not for me to answer. The only question I have been thinking of is: […]
You On Point Phife? All The Time Tip.
“Now here’s a funky introduction of how nice I am. Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram. I’m like an energizer ’cause, you see, I last long. My […]
Idris Muhammad Rest In Power
I was first introduced to Idris Muhammad initially by his imagery, not his music. This was through the cover of Power of Soul on a tee shirt Mike D was […]
Remembering Johnny’s Jazz Market
I walked into Johnny’s Jazz Grocery on the West Side of Red Bank, NJ sometime in the late 1990’s with curiosity. I had been into Jazz music, but someone told […]
Happy Born Day Nina
Today would have marked the 80th birthday of one Eunice Kathleen Waymon aka Nina Simone. If there is one singer that has struck a chord here at Flea Market Funk […]
R.I.P. Dave Brubeck
One of the great Jazz musicians and composers of our time, pianist Dave Brubeck died today at age 91. His rendition of “Take Five” shifted music lovers from Pop to […]
